Data Developments Decennial Census

• An Overview

• Getting a Questionnaire to Everyone

• Getting the Public to Respond

• Confidentiality of Responses

• Counting Everyone

• Recruiting Staff

• The Undercount

• What Questions are Asked

• How is Census Data Used

• Pennsylvania's Plan for Obtaining the Most Complete and Accurate Count

• At the Forefront of Technology

• Census Geography

• What Happens When a Household Does not Respond to the Census

• The Importance of the Census Long Form

• How Can You Obtain Census Data

• Reapportionment

• How Did Pennsylvania Measure Up?

• The Decennial is Over.  Now What?

The PaSDC is the Commonwealth's Official Source of Demographic and Economic Data.

For Additional Information, Contact the PaSDC.

Last updated:    06/19/00